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>     ...The first flights of the shuttle
> were flown by experienced test pilots who knew and accepted high risks.
> The Mission Specialists and Payload Specialists are there to do a different
> job, one which should not require undue risk of life. Without these people,
> perhaps shuttles can be flown, but they won't be doing nearly as much.

It is a verifiable fact that there are Payload Specialists who would fly on
the Shuttle tomorrow if they could; the "Spacefaring Nation" report identified
some.  And if you look at the record, I think you'll find that Mission
Specialists flew pretty early in the program.  I'm sure that not all of the
Mission/Payload Specialists would volunteer; I'm equally sure that enough
of them would.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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